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Monday, December 28, 2015

Netiquette IQ Blog Of 12/28/2015 - The European Union Will Present An Age Limitation For Facebook Usage

In my published and upcoming books, see below, I discuss parental supervision and child education for all kids. Europe is now poised to seek adult consent for Facebook users 16 and under. I, for one ,fully concur with this for reasons too numerous to state here.

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Teenagers under 16 will need
parental consent to use Facebook and email under EU laws

Teenagers under the age of 16 could be banned from Facebook,
Snapchat, Instagram and email if they don't have parental permission, under
last-minute changes to EU laws.

The European Union is on the verge of pushing through new
regulations that would raise the age of consent for websites to use personal
data from 13 to 16.

Officials quitely amended proposed data protection laws last
week to increase the age and put the EU out of step with rules in other parts
of the world.

It would mean that millions of teenagers under 16 would be
forced to seek permission from parents whenever signing up to a social media
account, downloading an app or even using search engines.

The law, due to be negotiated between member states on
Tuesday, would cause a major headache for social media companies. Almost all
major social media services, including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat,
and Google, currently have a minimum age of 13, in compliance with European and
American laws.

Once laws are agreed, they are due
to be voted on by the European parliament's civil liberties, justice and home
affairs committee on Thursday before being ratified by the parliament itself in
the New Year. Countries would then have two years to implement the law.

Failing to comply with the new
legislation would mean fines of up to 4pc of a company's turnover - tens of
millions of pounds for the biggest internet firms.

The proposed rule comes as part of a
major overhaul of data protection laws designed to create a single set of rules
for the European Union. It has been in the works for almost four years and will
be debated by politicians on Tuesday before a vote on Thursday.

The European parliament will vote on
Thursday

The Diana Award Youth Board, which
aims to protect children from bullying, attacked the move.

"This higher age threshold may
incentivise children between the ages of 13 and 15 to lie about their age. Children
aged 13 and above have long accessed online services; an artificial and sudden
change to this threshold will likely result in many children between the ages
of 13 and 15 lying about their ages in order to continue accessing online
services - rather than asking their parents to consent," it said.

"This development would make it far more difficult for
online services to offer children age-appropriate guidance and tools to ensure
a safe and privacy-protective experience online.

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